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poohpooh

poohpooh is the alternative form of pooh-pooh.

Meaning of pooh-pooh

Verb

pooh-pooh (third-person singular simple present pooh-poohs, present participle pooh-poohing, simple past and past participle pooh-poohed)

  1. (transitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
    • [W]hen he went abroad with Dombey and was chasing that vagabond up and down France, J. Bagstock would have pooh-pooh'd you—would have pooh-pooh'd you, Sir, by the Lord!1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, chapter 58, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 578

Forms of poohpooh

third-person singular presentpoohpoohs
present participlepoohpoohing
past participlepoohpoohed
pastpoohpoohed

Questions about poohpooh

What is poohpooh the alternative form of?
Poohpooh is the alternative form of pooh-pooh.

Words near poohpooh in the dictionary

  1. pooheads
  2. poohed
  3. poohface
  4. poohfaces
  5. poohing
  6. poohpooh
  7. poohpoohed
  8. poohpoohing
  9. poohpoohs
  10. poohs
  11. Poohsticks

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